Reflecting on my St Stephen's Journey

I had mainly applied in DU colleges as I wasn't much interested in private universities, or colleges in other states. Mine was the first batch to be recruited with the new process through CUET Exams. The novelty and uncertainity therefore influenced the conventional way of thinking about colleges and related decisions. Nevertheless Stephen's was my top choice due to its highest ranking and prestige all over India. The reputation of this college, its course, its faculty and ofcourse the colourful alumnis made me choose this college and course as my first preference. The extremely high competition for admission in this college was what made me hesitant. I had the Christian minority reservation, yet I was unsure if I could get in, Therefore I had applied to other reputed colleges in DU. I had got admission in Kamala Nehru College in South Campus in my first round, and I was satisfied because the college was also excellent. Then I had applied to Stephen's and JMC with my minority quota, and I got into both of the colleges for the desired courses. However I chose Stephen's over JMC, due to the appeal, reputation, and also the location (in the centre of DU North Campus). History Honours is one of the best and most sought after course in Stephen's with its rich faculty. The admission process had changed with the new NEP and CUET in order. Each desiired undergraduate course has its own eligibility criteria with respect to the subjects selceted in Class XII and the subjects one has to choose as papers for CUET. The details are found in the CUET Samarth website. The cutoff for History hons isnt oublicly available. Selection of Christian minority students had 85% for CUET Score and 15% weightage for interviews. Non minorities have 100% weightage from CUET. Students in history largely had CUET Scores ranging from 800-600 out of 800. The admission process was very smooth in general....Read More

St. Stephen's was my dream college from class 12th, after my boards I full fledged devoted myself for cuet and scored extremely well because of which I am in Stephen's as the cutoff is very high in comparison to other colleges of Delhi University. I applied for a few backup colleges as well and I made my way into them as well as my scores were pretty good in cuet examination but as I got into Stephen's I really didn't bother to look for other colleges. My overall admission procedure was smooth yet straining as I had to appear for Cuet examination only after few months of my boards examination which I felt was quite beneficial as the syllabus was crystal clear hence no extra efforts were put to prepare something different for cuet as the syllabus was the same as 12th class curriculum, as I was already preparing from class 12th hence I had studied my subject in such depth that everything was afresh in my mind, I just have to brush it up. Also as cuet is objective based paper therefore remembering minute details and information is very necessary and important and from being humanities stream the examination and the examiner not only wants to check ur bookish knowledge but also the current knowledge about the country and world hence it is very important to be aware about the current knowledge as well. All these strategies helped me to make my way into what is known as one of the most prestigious institutions of the country that is St. Stephen's...Read More

I applied in several colleges like Hindu, ramjas, hansraj But I always wanted to get in st Stephen's it's one of the best college in humanities For admission you have give cuet and the minimum is 700 for general seats...Read More

All admissions to the college now happen through the CUET exam conducted by NTA, but as it is a christian minority college, 50% of the seats are reserved for the christian students, this along with the fact that there are very lmited number of seats makes the cut off very high. For UR(non-christian) candidates the cut off is usually around 780-790+ for arts courses and for sciences it is a bit low, the college does offer reservations for SCs AND STs and hence the cut offs for them is relatively lower but it is still 700+ in most cases....Read More

There is a cut-off list published every year students that pass the cut-off list can apply to the college. Though from this year students who qualify CUET exam may apply. The application form, fees, and dates can be found on the College website's notification panel. There is 47% reservation for the Christian candidates and usual for SC/STs, OBCs, and EWS category. The admission process involves an interview conducted in the college(wear formals for it). It is a usual 15 min interview to ask why you want to take the course....Read More

I applied for Stephen's via an online application followed by a subject test and finally an interview which was the most important component of the admission process. Students who score a high percentage on boards will get the interview call letter, once they clear a certain cut-off....Read More